When presidents lie : a history of official deception and its consequences /
Alterman, Eric.
When presidents lie : a history of official deception and its consequences / Eric Alterman. - New York : Viking, c2004. - ix, 447 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-432) and index.
On lies, personal and presidential -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and the Yalta conference -- John F. Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin incidents -- Ronald W. Reagan, Central America, and the Iran-Contra scandal -- George W. Bush and the post-truth presidency.
This is a "historical examination of four specific post-World War II presidential lies whose consequences were greater than could ever have been predicted"--from publisher description.
0670032093 (alk. paper) 9780670032099 (alk. paper)
2004053580
Political ethics--United States.
Presidents--United States.
Deception.
United States--Foreign relations.
JK 468 / A466w 2004
327.73/009/045
When presidents lie : a history of official deception and its consequences / Eric Alterman. - New York : Viking, c2004. - ix, 447 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-432) and index.
On lies, personal and presidential -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and the Yalta conference -- John F. Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin incidents -- Ronald W. Reagan, Central America, and the Iran-Contra scandal -- George W. Bush and the post-truth presidency.
This is a "historical examination of four specific post-World War II presidential lies whose consequences were greater than could ever have been predicted"--from publisher description.
0670032093 (alk. paper) 9780670032099 (alk. paper)
2004053580
Political ethics--United States.
Presidents--United States.
Deception.
United States--Foreign relations.
JK 468 / A466w 2004
327.73/009/045